Archive for March, 2007

Unified rules for PRIDE

Published by botizzle on March 30, 2007 in PRIDE. 2 Comments

Zuffa bought out PRIDE, now there are a brand new set of unified rules for PRIDE34 and they are reported as follows (from the mmaweekly then the ninjashoes site):

  • Foot stomps, soccer kicks, and knees to the head of a downed opponent will no longer be allowed.
  • Round times will change to 3 x 5-minute rounds and 5 x 5-minute rounds for championship fights (no more 10-minute first rounds).
  • The use of colored penalty cards will be discontinued.
  • Elbows will be allowed.
  • Shoes, gis, and pants will not be allowed (sorry Takaaki Aoki).

Wow, PRIDE no longer will have soccer kicks or foot stomps! WEAK! Wanderlei Silva, what you gonna do now? Cro Cop also favored this kick. Good job he’s in the UFC now :)

Now witness the destruction of Ron Waterman by Cro Cop via Soccer kick:


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UFC72 Silva Vs. Marquardt

Published by botizzle on March 26, 2007 in Fight Previews and UFC72. 2 Comments

Anderson Silva was supposed to be fighting Nathan Marquardt at UFC72 but now the UFC have moved that to UFC73.

Marquardt’s been fighting for about 8 years and is a Pancrase veteran and has a career 25 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws.

He signed to the UFC and has had 4 straight wins including a decision against Canadian head banger Joe Doerksen. Doerksen’s a monster, he’s fought a billion times and he’s famous up here in Canada :)

Anyway, yeah - Anderson Silva Vs. Nathan Marquardt at UFC73 will be a good show, it doesn;t matter if you haven’t heard of him, he’s a good fighter so shut up and eat your greens.

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UFC69 around the corner

Published by botizzle on March 19, 2007 in Fight News, Fight Predictions, Fight Previews and UFC69. 1 Comment

UFC69 is just around the corner and the highlight fight is Georges St. Pierre VS. Matt Serra. I’m having Russ the admin pull the “Does Matt Serra have a chance against Georges St. Pierre at UFC69?” poll off and make one a little bit more detailed.

Let’s take a peek at the poll. Only 41 people voted, first off - that’s lame! Come on guys!

76% of the votes said NO - that Matt Sera didn’t have a chance against Georges St. Pierre, leaving 24% giving him a chance. First of all, of course he has a chance. That was kind of a silly question in the first place, go look at any UFC fights that have ended up in an upset. In fact, don’t look too far back, remember Jason Lambert KO’ing Renato Sobral, not to mention Randy Couture beating Tim Sylvia!

So here’s what I’m thinking, Matt Serra does have a chance - he has submission moves, he also has durability on his side which was proven with his last 5 fights ALL going to 3 rounds, 15 minutes in total. He also took BJ Penn to 3 rounds in 2002. That’s an achievement in itself. When asked about what he thought about decisions his reply was

“They suck. Especially when they don’t go your way. “

Matt Serra’s a great guy, I like him a lot and yet again I will say it, he has a chance, albeit a slim chance.

Georges St. Pierre has lost once at UFC50 against Matt Hughes (probably one of the greatest fighters at 169llbs). This was of course avenged at UFC65 with a second round TKO. Georges St. Pierre has 13 wins and only one loss, that was 6 or 7 fights ago, that makes him a very strong favorite for the fight, you can see why. It’s his 26th birthday in May, now that amazes me, he’s on course to be the best fighter in his weight class. The main reason why he isn’t an easy opponent for Matt Serra is because he’s virtually impossible to submit and even takedown in the first place.

I don’t want to built this up to be any more than what it is. I don’t want to make the odds seem to be stacked up against Matt Serra, all I can say is that this is going to be a great fight, whether it lasts 3 rounds or not, it’s hyped up and it should deliver. Matt Serra will fight anyone no matter what, he has balls, maybe this is why he does have a chance to take the win.

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UFC70 Fight Card Update 3

Published by botizzle on March 15, 2007 in Fight News, Fight Updates and UFC70. 1 Comment

It looks like it’s David Heath to fight in place of Forrest Griffin at UFC70. Heath from Tulsa, Oklahoma better get used to cold British weather because if he’s not in peak condition then he’ll surely get pasted by Ryoto “Lyoto” Machida.

I guess we can close the poll now on who’s going to be Forrest Griffin’s replacement! So who’s going to win? David Heath with a so far perfect but short UFC record or Ryoto Machida?

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UFC Breaks Attendance Records!

Published by D-Man on March 15, 2007 in Fight News and UFC68. 3 Comments

The Ohio State Athletic Commission released its attendance numbers for UFC 68 and at 19,079, it now holds the record for highest attendence to an MMA event in North America. This total breaks the previously record of 18,265 held by the Strikeforce Fighting Championship.

Of those attendees, 17,358 were paid entrees bringing the total gate to $2,741,820. Just shy of the total for UFC 67. The average ticket price was down from UFC 67 but considering that the UFC made over 200,000,000 on PPV last year, I’m pretty sure there cool with it.

It’s actually refreshing to think that after a successful fiscal year, an organization would actually make it easier on the wallet to view and attend thier sporting events. The sanctioning bodies of Boxing should be taking some serious noteds on how to not only run an event, but promote it to the masses. UFC is catching up, BIG TIME!

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